Washington, D.C. (August 8, 2013) – The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) has opened registration for the 12th Annual BIO Investor Forum, an international biotech investor conference focused on investment strategies for early stage and established private companies as well as emerging public companies. The event will take place October 8-9, 2013 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California.

“Investors have regained an appetite for biotech shares, and the past 4 months have seen a tremendous increase in initial public offerings by biotechs. So far this year, there have been 23 IPOs, with 15 alone since May. The average 47% return for these shares since their IPO shows that investors’ confidence is well placed. Over 70% of this year’s IPO class have presented previously at the BIO Investor Forum. This event is the ideal venue for investors and business development leaders to meet, discuss and explore potential partnerships and business collaborations to fuel research and development for promising innovation,” said Alan Eisenberg, executive vice president, Emerging Companies & Business Development at BIO.

The 2012 BIO Investor Forum scheduled over 650 meetings, 80% of which were between biotech companies and investors. Furthermore, the event hosted nearly 110 late-stage private and emerging public company presentations.
This year’s event will assemble public and venture-stage growth companies, as well as top public and private equity investors, to explore investment trends and opportunities in life sciences. To view the current 2013 investor registration list, please visit here and to view the full 2012 investor list, please visit here.

The 2013 program will include Plenary Sessions, Business Roundtables, Therapeutic Workshops, Company Presentations and Fireside Chats led by clinical thought leaders focusing on industry trends. The initial BIO Investor Forum program has been listed below.

In addition to expert-led workshops and panel discussions, the conference features presentations by over 100 biotech companies poised to join the growth “watch list” in 2013, as well as a number of nonprofit and venture philanthropy organizations. To view the current 2013 presenting companies list, please visit here and to view the full 2012 list, please visit here.

The first Fireside Chat has been announced with Jan M. Lundberg, Ph.D, Eli Lilly Executive Vice President, Science and Technology President, Lilly Research Laboratories.

BIO One-on-One Partnering™ opened August 5th and will provide an opportunity to arrange meetings between investors, companies and industry business development, licensing and therapeutic franchise heads.

To learn more about the BIO Investor Forum, including registration, program and Partnering information, please visit here.

About BIO

BIO represents more than 1,100 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across the United States and in more than 30 other nations. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology products. BIO also produces the BIO International Convention, the world’s largest gathering of the biotechnology industry, along with industry-leading investor and partnering meetings held around the world. BIO produces BIOtechNOW, an online portal and monthly newsletter chronicling “innovations transforming our world.” Subscribe to BIOtechNOW.